Bantering Points: 1/30/24

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker points to the fight the rarely-seen Connor Mackey got into with Brady Tkachuk on Saturday as a much needed spark for the Blueshirts heading into the break (NY Post)

Andrew Crane chatted with former Rangers’ goaltender Kevin Weekes about Igor Shesterkin’s rough first half of the season and a potential second half bounce back (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson suggests that Jonathan Quick could get more starts than anticipated down the stretch if Shesterkin isn’t able to round into form (Newsday)

Lucas Standel argues that the Blueshirts’ core as currently constructed isn’t up to snuff in terms of being championship caliber (The Hockey Writers)

Arthur $taple examine$ $ome potential trade target$ in the wake of Filip Chytil’$ $ea$on-ending $etback (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

The Ottawa Senators rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Nashville Predators in overtime by a score of 4-3 in the only game of the night yesterday (Sportsnet)

The waiver wire was busy place on Monday, as the Seattle Kraken waived forward Devin Shore, and the Minnesota Wild claimed defenseman Declan Chisolm off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets (TSN)